Children do not have to wait until classes are back in session to eat nutritious school food.

A weekly summer feeding program that began June 15 provides free food consisting of all five food groups for youth 18 years old and younger.

“It saves households grocery money because they can feed all of their children at no cost as long as they’re not 19 years of age,” said Jan Kushniroff, director of food services for Grant County Schools.

Officials from Republic Services, Inc. say the Williamstown site will close within the next few months.

Grant County officials, who were notified last week via a letter that the landfill was terminating its expansion plans, say Republic is using this as a tactic to force the county to sign a host agreement with them.

Republic Services, the landfill’s owner, announced on Monday they would not continue expansion efforts at the Williamstown site. Without an expansion, the landfill will reach capacity soon and be forced to close.

Grant County officials say the landfill’s owners have continued to stall negotiations on a county host agreement and are trying to scare the public.